“Pity! Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground! The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray And every muse attend her in her way.” WayReligionFoundFlowerSpringGuidesPityPoeticMuse Book:The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, and Critical Notice of His Writings. Eight Engravings on Steel Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, and Critical Notice of His Writings. Eight Engravings on Steel
“[This world] exists nonnecessarily, improbably, and causelessly. It exists for absolutely no reason at all. It is inexplicably and stunningly actual . . . The impact of this captivated realisation upon me is overwhelming. I am completely stunned. I take a few dazed steps in the dark meadow, and fall among the flowers. I lie stupefied, whirling without comprehension in this world through numberless worlds other than this one.” WorldReasonLyingReligionFallDarkStepsThis WorldFlowerImpactNo ReasonOverwhelmingComprehensionMeadowsRealisationStunnedCaptivatedDazed Author:Quentin Smith
“All natural results are spontaneous. The diamond sparkles without effort, and the flowers open impulsively beneath the summer rain. And true religion is a spontaneous thing,--as natural as it is to weep, to love, or to rejoice.” ReligionNaturalResultsEffortFlowerSummerRainRejoiceDiamondSpontaneousSparkleTrue ReligionSummer Rain Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“On the first of May, with my comrades of the catechism class, I laid lilac, chamomile and rose before the altar of the Virgin, and returned full of pride to show my blessed posy. My mother laughed her irreverent laugh and, looking at my bunch of flowers, which was bringing the may-bug into the sitting-room right under the lamp, she said: Do you suppose it wasn't already blessed before?” FirstsMaySaidShowsSpiritMotherReligionSpiritualityRoomsClassLaughingFlowerPrideSittingBlessedRoseBunchLaughedGardeningVirginsBugsLampsAltarsComradeLilacIrreverentCatechismPosies Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.” SpiritReligionFallSpiritualityFlowerSpringLongingWeedAntipathy Author:Dogen